I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as you have already heard, today's rule provides for consideration of yet another continuing resolution 5 months into the fiscal year and not a single appropriations bill has been signed…

I thank my friend from Florida for the recognition. She does a great job for the Congress, and we are all so grateful to have her here. Madam Speaker, this is such an important topic tonight. Ranking Member Katko delineated the number of…

We had a colleague several years ago, Jim McDermott from Washington State, a Democrat. The Republicans were in the majority. Republicans, during the week of April 15, wanted to put forward a bill on the floor of the House but didn't quite…

I think, are going to be extremely important.

And, Chair Morelle, I just have to point out--and Chairman McGovern--that we are probably--you referenced an appropriations acknowledging that there is going to be future disaster mitigation necessary.

Well, thank you. And, again, let me just echo Chairman Morelle in thanking you for your incredible service to our Nation.

I do want to thank our witnesses for being here to testify, and certainly looking forward to hearing from all of you and learning about how our Nation can more efficiently plan our budget to prepare for future pandemics.

That is a model that it seems like we perhaps have lost sight of recently, but was enormously effective in the early part of the 2000s.

the ability to be nimble in our funding.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this bill we got in short order tonight does not reflect the actual text, and once again, the Rules Committee had very short notice to consider the text without really any chance of…

I thank Representative Morelle for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 33, a bill to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, we will immediately consider the Strategic Production Response Act which will require the Secretary of Energy to develop a plan to increase energy…